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25 septembre 2016

The Imperfectionists - Tom Rachman

pages: 272 published: 2010 Dual storyline: one follows the overall history of an international English newspaper (from its creation to its closure); the other follows the personal stories of specific individuals working for the paper

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11 septembre 2016

Milk and Honey - Rupi Kaur

pages: 204 published: 2014 A compilation of poetry and prose, about abuse, love, heartbreak and feminity. A very touching read, don't pick up this book for your beach reading. This is a book that will push to reflect on issues that are close to every...

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24 août 2016

In a dark, dark wood - Ruth Ware

pages: 352 published: 2015 Leonora wakes up in a hospital bed, with a police officer guarding her door. Little by little she jogs her memory to piece back together the last 24 hours and figure out whether she is a murderer. The story is told as a dual...

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14 août 2016

The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey

pages: 386 published: 2012 A re-take on an old fairy tale: an ageing couple who can't have any children build a snowman one winter. The snowman turns into a child, putting the light back into their lives. But no matter the different endings of the fairy...

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29 juillet 2016

The talented Mr. Ripley - Patricia Highsmith

pages: 273 published: 1955 Tom Ripley is an extremely smart youngman, earning his life as a miserable con artist. His latest scam involves tricking the elderly into addressing cheques to cover "overdue taxes" directly to him. He is sent to Italy to bring...

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26 juillet 2016

The curious charms of Arthur Pepper - Phaedra Patrick

pages: 331 published: 2016 Arthur Pepper is a recent widower. Almost estranged from his two children: a son who lives all the way in Australia, and a daughter with whom communication has broken down to bare minimum. As he forces himself to go through...

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20 juillet 2016

The last dive [...] - Bernie Chowdhury

pages: 384 published: 2000 Chris and Chrissy Rouse were an american father and son who were extremely keen and experienced divers. They died in terrible circumstances during one of their dives in 1992. This book uses the tragic story of Chris and Chrissy...

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30 juin 2016

Never let me go - Kazuo Ishiguro

pages: 288 published: 2010 Kathy was brought up at Hailsham, a somewhat exclusive boarding school in England. She recalls her childhood and her peculiar upbringing and the somewhat mysterious taboo subject that was always at the edge of everyone's minds....

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23 juin 2016

The Affinities - Robert Charles Wilson

pages: 300 published: 2015 The new thing today, after the social media hype, is to join an affinity. A company has divided personality types into 22 affinities, and for a small fee anyone can take the test to find out which affinity they belong to. Once...

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20 juin 2016

The silent sister - Diane Chamberlain

pages: 352 published: 2014 Riley's oldest sister committed suicide as a teenager. At the time, Riley was only little and her parents did everything they could to protect her from this difficult phase in their lives. As Riley goes back to her family home...

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